LoremasterLaurie Tseng of the Ghost Bears decried the Trials of Reaving as a twisted distortion of Clan law, effectively accurately predicting what would happen; the Loremaster was one of those who survived the initial wave of violence to escape on the Azure Cloud, although Galaxy CommanderBenjamin Snuka sacrificed himself in combat to allow the Loremaster and others to escape. Another notable figure to escape on the Ghost Bear DropShips that rendezvoused with the Azure Cloud was Loremaster Kael Pershaw of Clan Jade Falcon, who had negotiated transport away from Strana Mechty with Loremaster Tseng prior to evacuating; Pershaw and the entirety of the Jade Falcon enclave were able to make it to the Ghost Bear ships and then the Azure Cloud after Pershaw defeated Star ColonelThomas Andrews in single combat.[1]